People Quotes - Page 20

• The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Absence, Absent, Ideals

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• Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Appreciation, Cutting, Desire

  Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.156, Shambhala Publications

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• There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Country, Together, Roles

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• This was one of the places people told me to go, it was one the big trips that you should see: Alaska.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Alaska, Should, Bigs

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• If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.

  Selena Gomez

  Trust, Three, World

  "Exclusive Interview: Selena Gomez". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 3, 2011.

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• You reflect on the people who used to be in your life, and it's like, 'Wow, I can't believe that person was ever really in my life.' But people are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.

  Selena Gomez

  Believe, Different, Lessons

  "Exclusive Interview: Selena Gomez". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 3, 2011.

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• I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to.

  Selena Gomez

  Wonderful, Five, I Can

  "Exclusive Interview: Selena Gomez". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 3, 2011.

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• Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with, you're just gonna end up lonely.

  Selena Gomez

  Lonely, Share, Ends

  "Selena Gomez Dishes About Dating in Hollywood, What She Wants in a Guy and Her 21st Birthday Plans". Interview with Bruna Nessif, www.eonline.com. July 21, 2013.

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• In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all the trees had gone, that people all around the park are struggling to survive. It became very clear that there was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire circumstance.

  Jane Goodall

  Struggle, Years, Tree

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• Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

  Cuba Gooding, Jr.

  Mom, Mother, Positive Thinking

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• I made some friends at Listerine and they taught me a little bit about oral care. That half of adults suffer from oral disease, that the number one chronic disease among children is oral disease, that we're only taking care of 25% of our mouths when brushing alone and there are more germs in your mouth than there are people on the planet.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Children, Numbers, Suffering

  "What Made Ginnifer Goodwin 'Freak The Fudge Out?'". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 7, 2013.

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• People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

  Nadine Gordimer

  Birthday, Giving

  Nadine Gordimer (2005). “Get a Life”

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• A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

  Al Gore

  Funny, Political, Dumb

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• I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Patterns, Problem

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• The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives, and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.

  Al Gore

  War, Heart, Numbers

  "U.S. steps up global fight against AIDS" by John King, Richard Roth and Steve Salvatore, www.cnn.com. January 10, 2000.

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• The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

  Al Gore

  World, Spinning, Opinion

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• For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

  Ryan Gosling

  Wall, Want, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.

  Stone Gossard

  Thinking, Rocks, Fundamentals

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• I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Thinking, Hands, Too Much

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2005.

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• I'm one of those people that picks up the remote control and just keep hitting constantly, even if I like the show I'm watching.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Hitting, Remote Control, Shows

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• With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Plato, Haughtiness, May

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• My favourite people to follow on Twitter are... my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling.

  Ellie Goulding

  Laughing, Fans, Make Me Laugh

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

  Ellie Goulding

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.

  Ellie Goulding

  Country, Female, Singers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think all the covers I do have nice sentiments, particularly 'Your Song.' People write me very sweet messages about that song, though I'm sure there are people out there saying that I've ruined it too!

  Ellie Goulding

  Song, Sweet, Nice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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